Denver, Missouri man admits murdering woman during court appearance, sentenced to 30-years in prison
A Denver, Missouri man was sentenced December 10
thto 30 years in the Department of Corrections on felony murder second degree. Worth County Prosecuting Attorney Janet Wake Larrison reports 39-year-old Jeremiah Searles was sentenced after pleading guilty to killing Melissa Chapman. A news release says Searles admitted to striking Chapman in the head with part of a cinder block, causing her death.
Fifty-year-old Kimberly Sue Henry Tinkle has now been charged with two felony counts of hindering prosecution of a felony as well as one count each of abandonment of a corpse and tampering with evidence in a felony prosecution in regards to Chapman’s death.